Mary, Star of the Sea (Robert Cyril)

Soft and blue are thy robes, my Mother,

Azure and clear as an angel’s eyes –

Let me hide in them, oh, my Mother –

Radiant Queen of the summer skies!

Softly piled on the far horizon

Smoky white clouds drifting here and there;

These the border on your blue mantle –

Mother most holy, Virgin most fair!

Deep and blue and wide is the ocean –

Deep as the call of its peace to me;

Jeweled and shining… Thy veil, my Mother?

Thy silvered veil, oh Star of the Sea?

--Robert Cyril, 

Mary Immaculate: 

God’s Mother and Mine, 

Marist Press, 1946

In May we remember Mary...

Image source: Bro. Mickey McGrath, Mary, Star of the Sea, available at https://embracedbygod.org/product/star-of-the-sea/

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